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Kevin Fischer is a veteran broadcaster, the recipient of over 150 major journalism awards from the Milwaukee Press Club, the Wisconsin Associated Press, the Northwest Broadcast News Association, the Wisconsin Bar Association, and others. He has been seen and heard on Milwaukee TV and radio stations for over three decades. A longtime aide to state Senate Republicans in the Wisconsin Legislature, Kevin can be seen offering his views on the news on the public affairs program, "InterCHANGE," on Milwaukee Public Television Channel 10, and heard filling in on Newstalk 1130 WISN. He lives with his wife, Jennifer, and their lovely baby daughter, Kyla Audrey, in Franklin.
Photos of the Week (06/16/13)
1) Pro-democractic legislator Claudia Mo Man-ching speaks next to a picture of U.S. President Barack Obama and Edward Snowden during a news conference in Hong Kong Friday, June 14, 2013. Two lawmakers in Hong Kong said on Friday that they had written to President Obama to try to persuade him not to bring charges against the former US intelligence contractor Snowden. Snowden revealed last weekend he was the source of a major leak of top-secret information on NSA surveillance, saying he was uncovering wrongdoing. He spoke to reporters from an undisclosed location in the semiautonomous Chinese territory of Hong Kong. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
2) Cecilia Floros, 10, of Newtown attends a remembrance event on the six month anniversary of the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School on June 14, 2013 in Newtown, Connecticut. A a 26-second moment of silence was observed to honor the 20 children and six adults who were killed at the school on Dec. 14. The event also included the reading of the names of over 6,000 people who have been killed by gun violence since the massacre in Newtown. The reading of names was expected to take 12 hours. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
3) Two demonstrators hug each other tightly as they are surrounded by riot police using tear gas during a student protest in Rio de Janeiro on Thursday. Thousands of people took to the streets of Brazil's two biggest cities to protest 10-cent hikes in bus and subway fares. Photo: Tasso Marcelo / AFP - Getty Images
4) Colorado Springs resident Yolette Baca takes a photo of the wildfire in the Black Forest area north of Colorado Springs, Colo., on June 12, 2013. Photo: Brennan Linsley / AP
5) A cloud of dust from a nearby imploded building approaches the Statue of Liberty in New York, on June 9. Photos: Zoran Milich / Reuters
6) Lightning strikes the Willis Tower, formerly Sears Tower, in downtown Chicago on June 12, 2013. A massive storm system with heavy rain, high winds, hail and possible tornadoes moved into Illinois and much of the central part of the Midwest on Wednesday. Photo: Scott Olson / Getty Images
7) Kidwell Blanchard, left, 12, of Chandler, Ariz., sits with Andrew Sisk, 17, of Salt Lake City, Utah, as a storm moves through the area with the Washington Monument in the background, Thursday, June 13, 2013, in Washington. Photo: Alex Brandon / AP
8) Uwe Peterle moves across an area flooded by the river Mulde with a boat made out of a bathtub in Niesau, eastern Germany, on June 11, 2013. Residents of Niesau are completely surrounded by the floods. Photo: Jan Woitas / dpa via AP
9) Gov. George Wallace blocks the entrance to the University of Alabama as he turned back a federal officer attempting to enroll two black students at the university campus in Tuscaloosa, Ala., on June 11, 1963. Vivian Malone and James Hood stand in the doorway of Foster Auditorium to hold what they called their "first and final news conference" after the two African-American students registered at the University of Alabama on June 11, 1963. Earlier, Gov. George Wallace had barred their way from the same doorway. Photos from 50 years ago: AP file. Darrell Hood, son of James Hood, enters Foster Auditorium for "Through the Doors" an event commemorating the 50th anniversary of the stand in the schoolhouse door, on the campus of the University of Alabama on June 11, 2013. Photo: Michelle Lepianka Carter / Tuscaloosa News via AP
10) In an image provided by the Monroe County Sheriff's Office a Key deer has its head stuck in a snack food bag Saturday, June 8, 2013 in Florida. Monroe County, Fla., Sheriff's Deputy Joshua Gordon encountered the distressed animal in the Keys and removed the bag from the endangered species mammal. (AP Photo/Monroe County Sheriff's Office)
11) Fisherman Ompong Vargas, 39, who wears a facial mask made of fabric to protect his skin from getting darker, holds a fish in his mouth as he searches a net at Laguna de Bay in Taguig City, Metro Manila. During the dry season, fishermen earn $2 to $7 (70-300 pesos) per day. Photo: Cheryl Ravelo / Reuters
12) 'Bird Man' of Brittany Christian Moullec and his gaggle of geese get a bird's eye view as thousands of animals are led through the port city of Marseille on the last leg of 'TransHumance,' an event based on the migration of livestock and people. The gathering on June 9 was created by equestrian troupe Centaur Theatre as part of this year's European Capital of Culture events. Photo: Panoramic / Zuma Press
13) Rafael Nadal of Spain looks on as security guards restrain a protester after he lit a flare and ran on court before the start of a game in the Men's Singles final match. Photo: Matthew Stockman / Getty Images
14) Australian swimmer Chloe McCardel jumps feet-first from Marina Hemingway in Havana, on June 12. McCardel is attempting to become the first to cross the Florida Straits swimming through the shark-infested sea without a protective cage. Photo: Adalberto Roque / AFP - Getty Images
15) Cincinnati Reds' Jay Bruce dodges a foul ball in the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers, Saturday, June 15, 2013, in Cincinnati. Bruce flew out to center in the at bat. The Brewers beat the Reds, 6-0. (AP Photo/Al Behrman)
16) Ryan Hunter-Reay (center) is hit with cream puffs from Helio Castroneves (left) and Will Power (right) after winning the Indy250 Fest Race at State Fair Park Saturday. Journal Sentinel photo: Mark Hoffman
17) Mike Kowalski, Mike Witkowski and Ben Witkowski (left to right) occupy a bunker above Trimborn Farm during the third annual World War II encampment at the Greendale, WI historical site. Photo: Mark Felix
18) A large pride flag was carried through the street during the Milwaukee Pride Parade on Sunday, June 9, 2013. Thousands lined 2nd Street near National to view floats and colorfully decorated patrons. Milwaukee Wave owner Sue Black is the grand marshal of this year's parade. Journal Sentinel photo by Rick Wood
19) Traditional Polish folk dancers took center stage at the Summerfest grounds at Polish Fest 2012. Polish Fest concludes today at the lakefront. Photo: Journal Sentinel files.
20) Gabrielle Ortiz smokes an electronic cigarette at Vape New York, an electronic cigarette store on June 10, 2013 in New York City. Electronic cigarettes, or e-cigarettes, are battery powered devices that vaporizes a nicotine laced liquid solution into an aerosol mist which simulates the act of tobacco smoking. E-cigarettes are attracting major investors as their popularity increases and the market for traditional cigarettes continues to shrink. On Monday it was announced that Sean Parker will be investing $75 million in a leading maker of electronic cigarettes. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
21) This June 13, 2013 photo shows singer Petula Clark performing "Downtown" at the Songwriters Hall of Fame 44th annual induction and awards gala in New York. Tony Hatch, writer of the song, was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)
22) Models present a creation by Belarusian designer Olga Kiselevich during the Festival of vanguard art "Mammoth-2013" in Minsk, Belarus, Saturday, June 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)
